Isak Isaksen

Utreist med/Emigrated on: "WALHALLA", departed from Skien to New York. Arrived Aug 11, 1849 with 183 passengers.

Utreist til/Emigrated to:


Isak  was born Dec 23, 1825 probably at Rustad under Nordre Brekke by parents Isak Pedersen (b. ca 1793 – d. Jan 5, 1842) and Helga Olsdatter (b. ca 1782 – d. Jul 15, 1844 at Rustad). They had been married  May 16, 1816. Isak then lived at Lyngåsen.
In the 1835 census, Isak Isaksen was a pauper, living in the household of  Niels Isaksen u. nordre.  He was a servant at Sneltvedt Søndre in 1845.

Isak had the following siblings:

a: Inger, b. June 14, 1816 u/N. Brekke – married Aug 16, 1837 to Ole Olsen from Holla (age 23), son of Ole Halvorsen Brekkejordet.
b. Anne, b. Dev 22, 1818 at Brekkejordet – married June 15, 1842 to Thomas Eliassen, age 32 from Fjære in Solum, son of Elias Danielsen.
c. girl – (not baptized) – died Dec 19, 1821 (14 days old) u/Nordre Brekke.
d. Karen, b. Dec 4, 1822 u/Nordre Brekke. Died Jul 15, 1825.
e. Karen, b. Sep 14, 1828 u/Nordre Brekke.
f. Maren, b. Feb 11, 1832 u/Nordre Brekke – married May 3, 1855 to Even Olsen Løberg, age 34, son of Ole Larsen Løberg
g. Gurine, b. Jun 22, 1835 u/Nordre Brekke – married Jens Olsen Løberg and they emigrated to Waupaca Co, Wisconsin in 1869.

h. Ole, b. June 6, 1838 at Rustad u/Nordre Brekke. Died Mar 10, 1839.
i. Ole, b. Apr 4, 1840 at Rustad u/Nordre Brekke. Died May 27, 1846.

Isak Isaksen's paternal grandparents were Peder Fredriksen Lyngaasen and Inger Isaksdatter Sætret.  His maternal grandparents were Ole Aslaksen Kaasa and Aslaug Levorsdatter Flittig.

 


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